Julie has been training dogs and puppies for many years starting her own dog training business in 2019 after an illness that left her unable to work supporting five year old children just starting school in Reception. Transformation took place in their learning through play, role play especially as they learn from each other and from their caregivers and this was and always will be part of the plan for training puppies and dogs. They don't even know they are learning!

Luka is Julie's third Dobermann and as a tiny puppy he was quite a handful! "I had forgotten how exhausting puppies could be! If there was trouble he was often in the middle of it looking like butter wouldn't melt!"

After looking for training in the area and getting nowhere, Julie decided to look into what was available online. The choice was overwhelming, information was very varied and the advice was conflicting so she decided to train Luka herself using the techniques she learned at school with the five year old children. Learning through play worked with them, you had to think like a child and with kindness, support and encouragement show them what you want. This was applied to Luka's training and then Julie found Absolute Dogs who taught her the games to train puppies and dogs and has found the passion to create her own business called MyLuka Dog Training Solutions.

Since starting in 2019 Julie has become a multiple Award Winning Dog Trainer, in 2020 she won Central England Prestige Awards Best Dog Trainer 2020/21 and a year later won Best Dog Training Enterprise 2021 - East Anglia. An achievement she is very proud of.

2018 Julie became a Certified Pro Dog Trainer (this assessment has been passed every year since to ensure up to date information is passed on to clients) As a Pro Dog Trainer Julie has full support from Absolute Dogs Training in Devon and goes through rigorous checks.

2019 + Julie gained Approved Dog Trainer status with the Dog Training College. To keep this status a very high standard of training with Continued Professional Development. Julie is also a Canine Body Language Specialist with the Dog Training College.

2019 + Platinum Professional Member of the Pet Professional Network Julie has undergone thorough one to one coaching through their program and assessment process, ensuring she meets their high standards and force free philosophy.

When not working Julie loves trying out new flavours of Gin and watching Netflix films with Luka!